Pierre Toubert (born 29 November 1932) is a French historian. He is a professor of medieval history at the

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and the

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. Focusing on medieval history, his most monumental work is ''Les structures du Latium médiéval : Le Latium méridional et la Sabine du IXe siècle à la fin du XIIe siècle'' (1973), in which he outlines an influential, in-depth study of ''incastellamento'' (in English,

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) in the

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region of Italy.

Early life

Pierre Toubert was born on 29 November 1932. He earned the

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in history and graduated from the

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in 1958. He earned a PhD in 1972.

Career

Toubert was an associate professor of history at the

in 1972-1973, and he became a full professor in 1973. He is also a professor of history at the

. Toubert was inducted into the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions ( epig ...

1986. He won the Silver Medal from the

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in 1973, and the Prix Augustin Thierry from the

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in 1995. He became an officer of the National Order of Merit in 1999, and a commander in 2010.

Works

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References

Living people 1932 births École Normale Supérieure alumni 20th-century French historians 21st-century French historians French medievalists Collège de France faculty Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America {{France-historian-stub